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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: I refer to some of the issues we have discussed today and to the Minister's presentation in which he referred to remote locations and bringing the power from remote locations to where it is needed. The second theme was the transmission network to carry the power. I have often been asked if there is some reason there is no project, or proposed project, in the greater Dublin area where most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: Even offshore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: They are in Arklow, Wicklow and Oriel in Louth, which the Minister mentioned-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: There was one in Dublin Bay, which I think was run out of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: I was not speaking about the city but about the surrounding area. The other issue was community gain. It is not equal across the country. There are many proposals that the community should benefit substantially from this. The Minister mentioned Templederry, which is a good example, but it is in the same county as Sws Wind Farms in Lisheen. There is also the wind farm proffered by Bord na...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: It is in the ownership of the community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: I understand but the expectation from the community is that if one section of the community receives something substantial from a project, such as in Lisheen-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: -----they expect that they will get something from the other companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: The other issue relates to biomass. Surely there must be a degree of security for the person who wants to grow these crops. The disaster was the effort put into miscanthus. People who grew it were literally put out of business because there was no market for it. There must be some degree of security for the person in rural Ireland who-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: That brings the meeting to a conclusion. I thank the Minister and Mr. Spratt for assisting us in our deliberations.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance when an application for a incapacitated child tax credit will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16574/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility (8 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sources of funding available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for health and safety works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15959/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (8 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (8 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16114/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (9 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16869/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (9 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 AEO scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16867/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (15 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Apr 2014)

Noel Coonan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that has applied for major capital funding; the timeframe for completion of works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19507/14]